Overview
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Lighting is one of the most important aspects of portraiture. Learn ten ways that you can use just one light source to take great portraits.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- What you’ll learn in this course
- What tools will be demonstrated
- Judging the quality, direction, color, and contrast of light
- Hard vs. soft
- Choosing a flattering light direction
- Conquering color problems
- Controlling contrast: All about the shadows
- Go with a big light
- Closer is the same as bigger
- Shine through vs. reflect for softness
- White vs. silver vs. gold reflectors
- Find big lights
- Front light
- Loop light
- Rembrandt light
- Split light
- Rim or back light
- Combine with reflector for even more options
- Making directional light
- Finding directional light
- Lighting and posting for what the portrait should say
- Clam shell headshot
- Loop or Rembrandt
- Dark background and deep contrast
- Full length or three quarters
- Split light, skipping, and intense
- Extreme angle
- Reflector as the front light
- Reflector as the back light
- Silhouette
- Second curtain sync
- Next steps
